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Ministry of Science & Technology
Homemade masks to overcome shortage
Designs are Ease of Access to Materials, Easy of Making at Home, Ease of Use and Reuse
Are you an apprehensive citizen wondering where to get your hand on a face mask? Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India has come up with an innovative solution for you: homemade face mask. “This is primarily mend for the people who want to wear mask but do not have access to it. They can make these washable and reusable masks home” says Dr Shailja Vaidya Gupta, Senior Adviser, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government.
Shortage of face mask and hand sanitizers is a stark reality. With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, as anxious public frantically shopped hygiene products, in particular mask and hand sanitizers, the sudden increased supply could not be met by the burgeoning demand.
The Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India issued the manual on homemade masks: “Masks for Curbing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus” for home fabrication. The key criteria for proposed designs are Ease of Access to Materials, Easy of Making at Home, Ease of Use and Reuse.
Shops and services are demanding that the customers use face mask. In some shops the patrons are denied services for not using the face mask. The homemade mask would help people. Many health experts are also suggesting use of face mask in public spaces could reduce the spread of infection. The proposed guide is meant to provide a simple outline to make, use and reuse masks. This manual could be used by NGOs and individuals to self-create such masks and accelerate widespread adoption of use of masks across India.
Protective masks lower the chances of coronavirus entering our respiratory system through droplets that are present in the air. According to a report published in Pub Med analyses show that if 50% of the population were to wear masks, only 50% of the population would be infected by the virus. Once 80% of the population wears a mask, the outbreak can be stopped substantially. Wearing of masks is especially recommended for people living in densely populated areas.
says “India has pockets of dense population: its mind boggling the density; the North East district of Delhi has a population density of 36,155 per square km, the models and control points for India are out of scale! Masks and washing hands will help and easy to make at home”. said Dr Gupta while speaking with India Science Wire.
The Science and Technology Empowered Committee was constituted on 19th March 2020. The committee is jointly chaired by Prof. Vinod Paul, Member, NITI Aayog and Prof. K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, and is responsible for coordination amongst science agencies, scientists, industries and regulatory bodies, and to take speedy decisions on research and development to implementation related to the Sars-Cov-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease.
Download the detailed manual on using and making homemade masks http://bit.ly/DIYMasksCorona
Ministry of Finance
Performance of PMSBY and PMJJBY
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana  and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana  were launched in May, 2015 with a view to enhance the level of insurance penetration in the country and to provide insurance cover to common people especially poor and the under-privileged sections of the society. The State Governments were requested to give wide publicity to the above two schemes and to take pro-active steps to follow up on the information and identify potential claimants and facilitate them to submit their claims. The details of enrolments and claims under these schemes are as follows:
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PMJJBY
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2015-16|
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2016-17|
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2017-18|
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Gross enrolment
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2.96
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3.12
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5.33
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Total No. of claims
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25555
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62479
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89766
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paid
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Claim Amount Paid
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511.10
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1249.58
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1795.32
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PMSBY
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2015-16|
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2016-17|
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2017-18|
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Gross enrolment
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9.43
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10.04
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13.48
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Total No. of claims
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3821
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10273
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16454
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paid
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Claim Amount Paid
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76.42
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205.03
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329.08
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|These figures are for the period 1st June 2017 to 31st May 2018.
- These figures are for the period 1st June 2017 to 4th April 2018.
This was stated by Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Petroleum Ministry all set to organize one of a kind musical event ‘Dance to Decarbonize’
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- Renewable energy generated through dance will be used to charge electric vehicles.
- Event will be held on December 23, 2022 at National Stadium, India Gate, in New Delhi.
- To be organised as a run up to the India Energy Week that will be held in Bangalore in the month of February 2023.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is all set to organize a one-day event called ‘Dance to Decarbonise’, where renewable energy generated through dance will be used to charge electric vehicles. This unique event will be held on December 23, 2022 at National Stadium, India Gate, in New Delhi as a run up to the India Energy Week that will be held in Bangalore in the month of February 2023.
One of the imperatives of this event is to build engagement around sustainability by leveraging dance and music. The activity shall involve setting up a state-of-the-art stage, which will harness renewable energy created by people dancing on it to charge an SUV and an e-auto rickshaw.
The event will be attended by dignitaries from the industry including Cabinet Ministers, Member of Parliament, officials from MOP&NG, Ambassadors/Diplomats of foreign countries, CEO’s/Senior executives of select industries, EV manufacturers through SIAM, Leading Airlines Officials, Oil PSU associates in Defence, Border Road organisations, PSU associates in Railways, PSU sports persons and Senior officials from Oil PSUs.
The event will be highly significant as it aims to showcase India’s target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 which needs to be weighed against the country's growing economy, rising energy requirements, and the implementation of responsible energy sources over transformational energy systems for the future.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 197.46 Cr
Over 3.65 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 99,602
14,506 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.56%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 3.30%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 197.46 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,56,78,429 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.65 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,08,865
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2nd Dose
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1,00,63,714
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Precaution Dose
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56,74,404
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,23,695
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2nd Dose
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1,76,24,541
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Precaution Dose
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1,01,84,018
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,65,66,839
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2nd Dose
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2,31,73,832
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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6,03,93,817
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2nd Dose
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4,86,59,660
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,82,10,651
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2nd Dose
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50,10,51,145
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Precaution Dose
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28,47,482
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,34,39,243
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2nd Dose
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19,33,81,568
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Precaution Dose
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25,18,721
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,72,50,798
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2nd Dose
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12,07,79,041
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Precaution Dose
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2,40,05,104
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Precaution Dose
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4,52,29,729
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Total
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1,97,46,57,138
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 99,602. Active cases now constitute 0.23% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.56%. 11,574 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,28,08,666.
14,506 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,33,659 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 86.19 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 3.30% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 3.35%.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Gowda took stock of progress of Talcher Fertilizers Ltd
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Shri DV Sadananda Gowda took stock of progress of Talcher Fertilisers Limited .
During a meeting with Shri S.N. Yadav, MD and Shri S. Gawade, Director of Talcher Fertilisers Ltd.
Talcher Fertilisers Limited is bringing up urea unit of 12.7 Lakh MT per annum capacity at Talcher, Odisha. It is a Joint Venture Company  promoted by GAIL, CIL, RCF and FCIL. When completed it will be first of its kind in India to employ coal gasification technology for production of urea. The estimated cost of the project is around INR 13,270 crore. The successful completion of the project will reduce India’s dependency on imported urea, and is expected to create hundreds of direct and indirect employments.
During the meeting Shri S.N. Yadav, MD briefed about status of progress of the project and various challenges being faced during execution of the project due to COVID-19 crisis. He said that work has started since May and has gathered pace. However, due to issues such as travel restrictions and shortage of laborers the project has got delayed by about six months as of today. He assured that the project will be commissioned at the stipulated deadline.
Minister said that the COVID situation may have delayed the execution of the project at present, we must, however, be prepared to compensate current delay by faster execution in future so that the project is commissioned by deadline i.e., September 2023. When commissioned TFL along with other four revival projects at Ramagundam, Gorakhpur, Barauni and Sindri will be able to realise the vision of Prime Minister to achieve self-sufficiency in urea production.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
I&B Minister announces implementation of Accessibility Standard for TV Programmes for the Hearing Impaired
Accessibility Standards for Films for the Visually Impaired under examination : Shri Prakash Javadekar
In order to enhance the accessibility of television programmes for the hearing impaired, Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar announced the implementation of Accessibility Standard for TV Programmes for persons with hearing impairment. This will be done through the provision of captioning and Indian Sign Language.
Shri Javadekar announced that all news channels will carry a news bulletin with sign language interpretation at least once per day and all TV channels and service providers will run at least one programme per week with subtitles / captioning.
दिव्यांगों के लिए मोदी सरकार ने एक अहम निर्णय लिया है,
— पीआईबी हिंदी  September 11, 2019
जिन्हें सुनने में दिक्कत होती है उनके लिए #DDNews रोज #SignLanguage के आधार पर एक बुलेटिन प्रकाशित करता है ऐसी ही पहल सभी निजी चैनल भी करें यह हमने दरख़ास्त की है और उन्होंने भी मंजूर की है @PrakashJavdekar pic.twitter.com/BNLc0gX11p
Live news, live and deferred live content/events such as sports, live music shows, award shows, live reality shows, live debates, scripted/ unscripted reality shows, etc. and advertisements/ teleshopping content have however been exempted.
This will be implemented from 16th September, 2019. The overall implementation of the Standards will be done in a phase wise manner in the next five years. The policy will be reviewed after two years.
Shri Javadekar also announced that Accessibility Standards for films for visually impaired through provision of narration facility in between dialogues are also under examination.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
A Catapult Target Hitting Competition organised for Naga Tribes to celebrate iconic week of Janjatiya Gaurav Divasas part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav at Kohima, Nagaland
In commemoration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and as part of the celebration of the iconic week of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, a large number of programmes and events are being organized across the country by the Central and State Governments, Tribal Research Institutes and other partner organizations. The programmes and events are aimed to highlight the achievements and contribution of tribal people and to bring before the world their culture and unique traditions. In this chain of programmes, a unique State Level Catapult Target Hitting Competition was organized on Jan Jatiya Gaurav Divas on 15th November, 2021 at Heritage Village Kisama, Kohima, Nagaland.
The participants were invited from different Naga tribes of Nagaland. Catapult Target Hitting is a traditional sport among Naga Tribes. 25 Naga Tribals participated in the event with great zeal and enthusiasm. The cheering of the crown followed with each shot. The participants were dressed in their traditional attire for the event. Top three winners of the event were given cash awards and citations. The competition was inaugurated by Shri Nchumbemo Lotha, Additional Secretary to the Government of Nagaland.
Ministry of Defence
The Navy Never Forgets its Fallen
A Unique Tribute Under the Deep Sea to INS Khukri
The Indian Navy on 11 Feb 23 paid unique tribute in eternal gratitude to the ultimate sacrifice of the brave INS Khukri and her crew by laying wreaths underwater at the final resting place of the ship that was lost in the 1971 War.
Named after the curved battle dagger of the indomitable Gorkhas, the Khukri sank on the night of 9th December 1971 with 18 officers and 176 sailors, including the Commanding Officer, Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, who stayed courageously on the Bridge as the ship went down. The gallant Captain was later awarded the Mahavir Chakra posthumously. The ship and her fearless crew now lie at a depth of approximately 80m, about 100 nautical miles off Diu.
On 11 Feb 23, the Navy paid them touching homage through a poignant reunion as deep sea divers of Diving Support Ship, INS Nireekshak, placed three wreaths on the Khukri; one on behalf of the survivors and families of those lost, the second on behalf of all ranks of the Indian Navy and the third on behalf of the Operational Commander, the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command.
Khukri continues to live and will forever inspire a grateful nation and her Armed Forces.
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
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ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI MATRU VANDANA YOJANA
The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana  w.e.f. 01.01.2017. The Year-wise and State/UT-wise, details of beneficiaries enrolled, beneficiaries paid and the total amount of maternity benefits disbursed during the last three years is at Annexure-I.
The funds are released to the States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds. The Year-wise and State/UT-wise details of Central share of funds released to States/UTs under PMMVY during the last three years is at Annexure-II.
The state wise details of beneficiaries are at Annexure-I.
The scheme Implementation Guidelines provide for setting up of Steering and Monitoring Committees at National, State and District levels. These Committees review the progress of implementation of the scheme periodically to strengthen the coordination and convergence between concerned departments and suggest modifications required for improving the implementation. Further, PMMVY is implemented through web-based Management and Information System  Software, viz. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana-Common Application Software  which is used as an effective tool for regular monitoring of the scheme. The PMMVY-CAS is enabled to monitor key indicators like number of beneficiaries enrolled, number of beneficiaries paid maternity benefits, total maternity benefits disbursed to eligible beneficiaries etc. on near-real time basis. The PMMVY is a component under Mission Shakti launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women.
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Finance organizes review meeting on PFMS implementation with six states, ten major banks in Puri, Odisha
The Ministry of Finance, Government of India, today held a review meeting with six states and also a bank performance review meeting in respect to Public Financial Management System  in Puri, Odisha under the chairpersonship of Smt. Dharitri Panda, Additional Controller General of Accounts.
During the review meeting, a detailed discussion was held with the State Governments on issues related to new procedure of release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Treasury Integration with PFMS. The officials from six states such as Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Goa have participated in the meeting.
In the deliberations, emphasis was made on timely and correct data exchange by the States with PFMS to ensure accurate and reliable financial reporting and also to ensure that there was no float in the system. The Bank Review Meeting in the meantime stressed on the issues of major Key Performance Indicators  and Single Nodal Accounts .
The objective of the Bank Review Meeting was to make the banking systems more adaptive for the new changes. The meeting was also attended by Mrs. Jaspal Kaur Pradyot, Jt.CGA, PFMS HQ, New Delhi, Shri. Eddie L. Khawlhiring, Jt.CGA, Technology, Banking & Reports Vertical of PFMS HQ. New Delhi and the technical team of NIC-PFMS and State finance officials of the six states.
Ten major Banks such as Union Bank Of India, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, UCO Bank, Indian Bank, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank have also participated in the Bank Review Meeting in the day. Shri Sovan Sengupta, Deputy General Manager, headed the Union Bank of India Team.
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana , deposit free LPG connection is provided in the name of an adult woman member of a poor family and the beneficiary has an option to avail connection with 14.2 kg or 5 kg cylinder. The existing beneficiary with 14.2 kg LPG cylinder has an option to swap with 5 kg cylinder also.
As on 01.07.2019, more than 10.27 crore prospective consumers filled their Know Your Customer  forms under PMUY, out of which more than 7.30 crore connections have been released. KYC is rejected mainly due to submission of incomplete information, not being eligible under PMUY, having another connection in the name of other family member etc. Details of State/UT-wise LPG connections released under PMUY as on 01.07.2019 are at Annexure-I
As on 27.06.2019, more than one crore LPG consumers have given up their subsidy under “GiveItUp” campaign. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-II. Estimated savings due to ‘GiveItUp’ campaign during Financial Year 2018-19 is ₹ 2,930 crore.
Government has introduced well targeted system of subsidy delivery to LPG consumers through PAHAL. This initiative of the Government was aimed at rationalizing subsidies based on approach to cut subsidy leakages, but not subsidy per se. Applicable subsidy is directly transferred into the bank account of the beneficiaries. PAHAL has helped in identifying ‘ghost’ accounts, multiple accounts and inactive accounts. This has helped in curbing diversion of subsidised LPG to commercial purposes.
The Government has decided to rationalize the subsidy outgo by excluding such LPG consumers from the purview of subsidy, whose or whose spouse have taxable income of ₹ 10 lakh and above during the previous financial year computed as per the Income Tax Act, 1961 w.e.f. 1.1.2016.LPG consumers were also encouraged to voluntarily give-up their LPG subsidy.
This information was given by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Informal BRICS Leaders Meeting in Hamburg
Informal BRICS Leaders Meeting in Hamburg
The leaders of the 5 BRICS countries held an informal meeting on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. This was in run up to the forthcoming 9th BRICS Summit in September in Xiamen, China. President Xi of China said he looked forward to welcoming the BRICS leaders.
In their interventions, the leaders discussed preparations and priorities for the forthcoming Xiamen BRICS Summit.
Prime Minister mentioned that BRICS has been a strong voice and needs to show leadership on terrorism and global economy. He stressed that G20 should collectively oppose terrorism financing, franchises, safe havens, support and sponsors. Referring to reforms in India, including the recent introduction of GST, PM stated that it was necessary to work together for sustained global economic recovery. He advocated collective voice against the practices of protectionism, especially in the spheres of trade and movement of knowledge and professionals. He reiterated India's commitment to implementing Paris Agreement in letter and spirit and described its implementation globally as essential to fighting climate change. He called for expeditious action to establish BRICS rating agency and stated that cooperation on development of Africa should be a priority. He also called for greater people-to-people exchanges.
The Prime Minister appreciated momentum in BRICS under the Chairmanship of President Xi and extended full cooperation and best wishes for the BRICS Xiamen Summit.
Concluding the meeting immediately after PM's remarks, President Xi appreciated India's strong resolve against terrorism and the momentum in BRICS introduced under India's Chairmanship and through the outcomes of the Goa Summit in 2016. He also appreciated India's success in economic and social development and wished India even bigger success.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Screening of animation and documentary films to mark International Day of the Girl -2020
Mumbai, 10th October, 2020
Films Division is showcasing select animation and documentary films to mark the International Day of the Girl on 11th October, 2020. The films will be streamed on www.filmsdivision.org and https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision
The special package includes Chimukali – Save the girl child  an animation film on saving the girl child and stopping female foeticide followed by documentaries Education-Only Her Future , Pratibha , Kuldeepak , My Fairy - My Strength  and Roshini .
Every year on 11th October, the International Day of the Girl, UNICEF launches an annual campaign with girls to amplify their voices and stand up for their rights. This year’s theme is “My voice, our equal future”, seizing the opportunity to re-imagine a better world inspired by adolescent girls – energized and recognized, counted and invested in. The films being screened too amplify the voice of girls and those who are in the forefront of saving girl child from all kinds of exploitation.
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